What is Business T1?

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T1 lines are those lines that use specific type of copper or fiber optic wires that has a bandwidth of 1.544 Mbps. This fact has been widely known by establishments and organization which businesses depend on a fast and reliable high speed network. And now I am telling you, if don’t have one, to consider having or renting a business T1 line if for instance your company can take full advantage from a highly dependable phone and Internet service that can greatly decrease your company’s telecom costs. If your business owns seven individual phone lines at the least and your workers use the Internet that allow me to say that your company is indeed a good candidate in reducing the expenses when you decide to have a business T1 line.  Business T1s are particularly of great assistance when you have a small business and you fully understand how to utilize and avail the multiple options that it has to offer.     

Owning a good and reliable business T1 connection will clearly and greatly add up your company’s productivity when it comes to tasks that include sending, receiving large files as well as teleconferencing among other things. There are quite a lot of medium to large scale businesses need to concentrate more on this aspect so that their establishment can flourish and this is when business T1 connection comes in – where the company is assured of a much faster and reliable Internet connection. Keep in mind that when you a boosting the productivity, you are also increasing customer satisfaction and reduce the frustration levels as well with your employees who do not have any choice by to deal with the slow internet connection for the company’s daily operation.

For those of you out there who are not really familiar with this, a business T1 line oftentimes offer a higher speed service wherein they have the capability of sending information and data at faster rate. If ever you have decided to connect to a business T1 service for your enterprise, then it not impossible to use the connection for both receiving as well as sending files. It also has 24 gettable channels that can be of your personal use. To put it in perspective, it will not become an issue if there are 50-100 workers inside your establishment which are doing business on the phone or the internet all at the same time.

Types of Business T1

Business T1's have become the talk of the town these days due to its high demand – being utilized for business, personal voice as well as internet data use and all that jazz. Business T1 lines are the “digital transmitters” that has an internet bandwidth speed of 1.544 Mbps. Most of its lines are made up of copper but some wires are already upgraded with the usage of fiber optics.

There are also a lot of classifications when it comes to T1 lines and it all depends on the needs and demands of the subscribers – may it for personal or for business use. At its basic, business T1 lines have the capacity of sending either voice or data files. These business T1 lines are the following:

INTEGRATED T1 : this business T1 line has the capacity of providing voice and data on a same digital circuit. You have the freedom to choose or decide on how many of the 24 channels from this business T1 connection can be utilized for voice calls. Meanwhile, all the remaining channels are for data purposes.

FRACTIONAL T1 : this type of business T1 uses only a portion of the total bandwidth for a percentage of a full T1 rate. Fractional T1s are usually used for small business or those small branch offices. This business T1 line can normally carry the same reliability and guarantees just like that of a full T1.

BURSTABLE T1 : this business T1 line is a “pay as you go” type of service which provides a set amount of bandwidth at all times. It also offers its ability into tapping to a much greater bandwidth when there is a high traffic spike.

BONDED T1 : this type of business T1 can offer the full bandwidth of multiple T1s all at the same time which are intended for better speed and performance.  The combination of individual T1s into a single pipeline makes it possible for allowing more bandwidth compared to that of two separate T1 lines. Bonded T1s are not shared, thus having a guaranteed speed and even comes with an SLA. Now these SLAs differ depending on the provider and they can cover instances such as uptime, repair time, latency and other stuffs. Subscribers can deal with a lot of options thru bonding several types of business T1s which depends on their demands. For instance, a 3x bonded business T1 has an amazing speed of 4.5 Mbps.

How Does a Business T1 Work?

For businesses and other establishments, having a good and reliable business T1 connection can greatly increase your company’s productivity especially when it comes to things such as sending, receiving large files, teleconferencing, etc. A lot of medium and large companies need to focus on this aspect so that their business will flourish and succeed and this is where the need for a faster and more reliable internet connection comes in. When you boost your company’s productivity, you also increase the satisfaction of your customers as well as reduce the frustration and stress levels of your employees who have to suffer and deal with the slow internet connection while working, everyday.

So to widen your idea with how these business T1s can actually help your company, we must first need to know how these business T1s work. First of all, we need to start with the definition.

A business T1 line is actually a dedicated line which caters into carrying digital data between your business and your phone company’s customer office. It has a throughput of 1.544 Mbps that you can imagine as being divided into 24 different digital channels. Now, when a business T1 is dedicated to phone services, it can handle 24 simultaneous external phone calls. Each call is being carried into separate channels or a piece of the data stream.

Your business T1 line as well as your internal phone lines has the capability to connect into a PBX device which is your private branch exchange and is exactly similar to your own telecommunications company. The PBX can permit internal calling with a 3 or 4 digit extension. It can even offer services such as voice mail, call waiting, hunt groups, music on hold and other incredible features.  Your PBX will also allow 24 external calls simultaneously. For a lot of businesses, this feature can carry the external calling requirements of more than a hundred staff or employee.

Now your business T1 line can also be committed to Internet access. You can actually plug a business T1 line into a card in your local area network or LAN to give a throughput of 1.544 Mbps to the internet. This speed can actually be an equivalent to 30 to 60 dial-up connections – but this comparison still depends on the dial up quality.

Anyway, since business T1 lines are digital, there will be no wavering and degradations which are being caused by cross talks or line noise. Nevertheless, you business T1 line can integrate both phone and internet services as well. All you have to do is dedicate certain number of channels to your phone service while the last remaining channels will be used for internet access. A popular option for a lot of small and medium scale businesses is adding an additional card to the PBX streams the internet data into an interface in your company’s LAN server.
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Latest Developments on Business T1

The increasing demands for having a high speed internet access are constantly growing. Well, here are the incredible and amazing developments and updates that are greatly anticipated by enthusiasts.

Nowadays, even smaller businesses can have higher performances by merely having a dedicated Internet access thru splitting the cost of a T1 line with other businesses in buildings or business parks.

T1 Internet lines have also become studio transmitter links which are being offered to radio stations because it provides a digital STL with the use of Point to Point T1 lines and it does not require for an FCC licensing or line of site between the studio as well as the transmitter.
    
Additionally, T1 internet lines offer a T1 line services that could be configured as a single large pipe that offers 1.544 Mbps of data transmission or s 24 individual channels of 64 Kbps each which are ideal for usage as an individual outside telephone line that handles Key or PBX telephone systems for businesses.
    
Another type of business T1 that is being offered is the Channelized T1 which offers 24 phone lines with the use of in-band signaling. Primary Rate Interface or commonly known as ISDN PRI, on the other hand, also offers 23 phone lines and is a common channel signaling that include data like that of an ANI or Automatic Number Identification, or commonly known as Caller ID. These T1 internet service lines can support two protocols of switched circuit telephony.
    
Commonly abbreviated as DCS or DCAS, a digital cross connect system allows your company to switch traffic within your T1 lines, which is one of the many developments being offered by business T1 lines. The best thing about it is that it can even reach into the line so that it can connect individual channels or timeslots instead of an entire circuit. A DCX or a patch panel is the manual device that is being used to cross connect T1 lines.

In addition, medical images that are generated thru Tele-radiology equipment have large file sizes due to their high resolution. With this, rapid transmission across hospitals and medical centers require and demand a higher availability and higher bandwidth from T1 providers and T1 data line can easily suffice for those smaller offices.

The above mentioned developments actually cater to business T1s and T1 lines as a whole. The constant improvement of these lines will eventually get them to being the most widely used internet connection all through out the world.